1951 Topps Magic Football Cards
The 1951 Topps Magic set contains cards of 75 college players. What makes the cards "magic" is a scratch-off section on the back that reveals the player's school. You can see pictures of the card backs, both scratched and unscratched, in my blog article, S is for Scratch-Offs. Another blog article, T is for Topps, Part 1, has descriptions of all of the 1950-1959 Topps sets.
Rookie cards of Pro Football Hall of Famers in the 1951 Topps Magic set: George Young. Rookie cards of Heisman Trophy winners in the 1951 Topps Magic set: Vic Janowicz.
| Image | Set | # | Card Title/Players | Pro Team | Position | College | Honors | Notes | Grades available at Nearmint Sports Cards |
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1951 Topps Magic | 1 | Jimmy Monahan | halfback | Rutgers | Rookie card | |||
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1951 Topps Magic | 2 | Bill Wade | quarterback | Vanderbilt | Rookie card | |||
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1951 Topps Magic | 3 | Bill Reichardt | fullback | Iowa | Rookie card Reichardt won the Big Ten's MVP award, the Chicago Tribune Silver Football, in 1951. |
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1951 Topps Magic | 4 | Babe Parilli | quarterback | Kentucky | College Hall of Fame 1982, Patriots Hall of Fame 1993 | Rookie card | ||
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1951 Topps Magic | 5 | Bill Burkhalter | halfback | Rice | Burkhalter, Joe Watson, and Froggy Williams were the MVPs of the January 1, 1950, Cotton Bowl Classic. | |||
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1951 Topps Magic | 6 | Ed Weber | halfback | William and Mary | ||||
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1951 Topps Magic | 7 | Tom Scott | defensive end | Virginia | College Hall of Fame 1979 | |||
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1951 Topps Magic | 8 | Frank Guthridge | quarterback | Delaware | ||||
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1951 Topps Magic | 9 | John Karras | halfback | Illinois | Rookie card | |||
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1951 Topps Magic | 10 | Vic Janowicz | halfback | Ohio State | College Hall of Fame 1976, Heisman Trophy 1950 | Rookie card Janowicz played baseball for the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1953 and 1954. You can see his 1954 Bowman baseball card on the Gallery's Cards in Multiple Sports page. |
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1951 Topps Magic | 11 | Lloyd Hill | tackle | Brown | ||||
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1951 Topps Magic | 12 | Jim Weatherall | tackle | Oklahoma | College Hall of Fame 1992, Outland Trophy 1951 | |||
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1951 Topps Magic | 13 | Howard Hansen | halfback | Columbia | ||||
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1951 Topps Magic | 14 | Lou D'Achille | quarterback | Indiana | D'Achille was inducted into the Beaver County (Pennsylvania) Sports Hall of Fame in 1986. | |||
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1951 Topps Magic | 15 | Johnny Turco | halfback | Holy Cross | ||||
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1951 Topps Magic | 16 | Jerrell Price | tackle | Texas Tech | Rookie card | |||
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1951 Topps Magic | 17 | John Coatta | quarterback | Wisconsin | ||||
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1951 Topps Magic | 18 | Bruce Patton | quarterback | Marquette | ||||
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1951 Topps Magic | 19 | Marion Campbell | defensive end | Georgia | Rookie card Campbell played for the San Francisco 49ers from 1954 to 1955, and for the Philadelphia Eagles from 1956 to 1961. |
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1951 Topps Magic | 20 | Blaine Earon | defensive end | Duke | Earon played for the Detroit Lions in 1952 and 1953. | |||
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1951 Topps Magic | 21 | Dewey McConnell | end | Wyoming | McConnell played for the Pittsburgh Steelers in 1954. | |||
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1951 Topps Magic | 22 | Ray Beck | guard, defensive tackle | Georgia Tech | College Hall of Fame 1997 | Rookie card | ||
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1951 Topps Magic | 23 | Jim Prewett | tackle | Tulsa | ||||
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1951 Topps Magic | 24 | Bob Steele | quarterback | Oklahoma State | ||||
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1951 Topps Magic | 25 | Art Betts | end | Penn State |